18th Oct 2005
BlogOn NYC, Day II
So, my opinion of the BlogOn conference has definitely improved. The networking is great. The mixer last night was fun. The sponsors are helping fund nice meals and facilities.
Got here late today again and missed Dave Weinberger’s 9am keynote, which is a shame, because I’ve heard him present before, and he’s hilarious and really insightful. Hopefully BlogOn will provide video to conference attendees, as I see they’re taping everything. I did catch most of the panel that followed, moderated by my buddy Steve Hall and with another buddy, Joe Jaffe, along with Mark Kingdon, CEO of Organic and David Rubin, brand development director at Unilever.
The quality of the conversation is improving throughout the conference, as the earlier panelists already got the basics out of the way, the later speakers are delving deeper into more interesting stuff.
And, I hate to even admit this, but one of the most interesting presentations of the conference so far was one of the sponsors [NOTE: got that wrong; not a sponsor; see comments below] giving a pitch, Dick Hardt, CEO of SXIP Identity. His presentation style was original and compelling — 500+ slides in 20 minutes, where virtually the entire script of his well-practiced presentation was written out slide by slide, but the delivery was funny, thoughtful and effective. The content was also very interesting — solving the problem of identity online with a distinctly 2.0 approach. A video copy the basic presentation is available here.
Lots of ideas percolating. Gotta get back to the show. More later.
UPDATE
Mike Sigal, conference organizer, confirms that they will have video clips of the presentations on the site in a few days.
Also, Pictures!!
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Hey Rick,
Just a point of clarification: SXIP isn’t a sponsor of BlogOn.
Mike Sigal
CEO, Guidewire Group